ARE THERE MORE OF YOU? Gives a Voice to Women and the #MeToo Movement at Edinburgh Fringe

Hint of Lime Presents Are There More of You? Written and performed by Alison Skilbeck, and directed by Jeremy Stockwell. The show comes to Edinburgh Fringe August 1 - 27.

If you lay yourself open, people will jump in with both feet, won't they?

Claire, Sophia, Sara and Sam. Four women, linked by a shared postcode, each moving through transitions in their lives. Four women in search of happiness. Four women on the verge of a nervous breakthrough. Claire, always the loyal and dutiful wife, has been abandoned by her husband on the eve of his retirement. Sophia loves opera. She juggles her time between her big project of opening an Italian trattoria with singing, the daytime job of running a café and the stresses and strains of caring for her sick mother. Sara is a spirit weaver, sorting out people's lives, untangling the threads and putting them back together but what about the twists and knots in her own life? And then there's Sam, a tough no-nonsense business-woman who through the course of an evening and with the help of a few drinks, reveals a more fragile vulnerability and the need of a friend.

In turns touching scary, funny, warm and embracing, Are There More of You? tells the often untold stories of women of a certain age. Women going through personal transitions, adapting to new circumstances, in search of love and happiness and discovering new things about themselves and the world around them.

Alison Skilbeck returns to The Edinburgh Fringe following her 5 star shows Mrs Roosevelt Flies to London, 2016, and The Power Behind The Crone, 2017. Her enormously varied stage career has taken her to the West End and all over the UK and Europe, and to the USA with Shakespeare: early on she created roles in six Ayckbourn premieres at Scarborough. Alison's television work includes Sherlock Homes, The Beiderbecke Affair, Miss Marple, Head Over Heels, Doctor Who, Soldier Soldier, Midsomer Murders, and Call The Midwife. Amongst her radio roles is Polly Perks in The Archers, until the character was killed off! Two recent projects have been Wimpole Street, the award winning web series, and the pod cast sitcom series Wooden Overcoats. Alison has directed extensively thoughout her career, notably Shakespeare at RADA, where she has been an Associate Teacher for over 20 years. Alison also directs A Substitute For Life by Simon Brett, starring Tim Hardy, which also runs at Assembly throughout August.

Jeremy Stockwell has directed, written, and devised new work in the U.K. for, among others, the National and BAC. His current touring productions are; Angelos & Barry: The New Power Generation (tour & West End run), Pemberton & Hague's Theatre Circus and The Very Perry Show, with Kate Perry (tour and New York run). He directs extensively in theatres all over Europe. Also in Edinburgh this August, as an actor, Jeremy is playing Ken Campbell, in Terry Johnson's KEN, and Spike Milligan in A Sockful of Custard, which he co-wrote with Chris Larner, both at The Pleasance Courtyard. Jeremy has been a member of the RADA teaching and directing faculty for over twenty years. He is also Performance Coach for the BBC; his series include: How do You Solve a Problem Like Maria?, Faking It, The Speaker, and Strictly Come Dancing.

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